Microsoft sides with Qualcomm in standoff over connected home

Microsoft has banded together up with Qualcomm and few other companies in order to secure standardized avenues for connected household objects like light bulbs and thermostats – the “Internet of Things.”

The decision will make software giant Microsoft collaborating with other few technology organizations to achieve norms and make coordinating said items a less demanding attempt for buyers.

The company has already joined around 50 others in the norms consortium called Allseen Alliance and will help create Alljoyn, the association standard headed by Qualcomm.

Rival chipmakers who go up against Qualcomm are required to dispatch an opponent consortium as ahead of schedule as one week from now. We’ll witness a number of fascinating improvement since offered guidelines by Qualcomm’s band of tech organizations would guarantee the lives of customers with marginally less stretch from picking and choosing between brands, items and stages.

“All these things need a standard. Nobody wants to buy a TV and have to make sure their speakers are compliant,” said Bernstein analyst Stacy Rasgon. “But we’re in an experimentation phase with the Internet of Things. It’s early days, and nobody knows what it’s eventually going to look like.”

Asked whether Intel Corp would join Qualcomm’s alliance, an Intel spokeswoman said in an email, “There are multiple forums driving different approaches to solve the challenge of IoT connectivity. Currently, we don’t see one single effort that addresses all the necessary requirements.”

Such advancements could make new usefulness conceivable, such as like flashing living room LED light bulbs red when nourishment is identified to be smoldering in the kitchen or in the colors of a football group when a goal is scored playing FIFA 14 on the Xbox One.